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Fluorophosphate Derivatives of Gypsum and Lithium in Biogenic Manganese Oxides
This proposal seeks neutron diffraction beamtime to study two important systems. We have demonstrated that monofluorophosphate (PO3F) can be substituted into gypsum (CaSO4.2H2O)... -
Proton quantum delocalization in lithium imide studied through neutron Compto...
we propose deep inelastic neutron scattering measurements on VESUVIO to investigate the short time proton dynamics in Li2NH. The latter belongs to the Li-H-N system, which has... -
Determination of Local Lithium Environment in Fast Ion Conducting Garnets by ...
We propose to use two days of beamtime on POLARIS to carry out the first analysis of the Pair Distribution Function of lithium-conducting garnets. These materials show... -
Influence of superstructures on rich transport properties of lithium cobaltate
In the vicinity of x ~ 0.75, LixCoO2 has potential as a thermoelectric, since it has a high Seebeck coefficient and metallic conductivity. We have performed the first successful... -
In-situ Neutron Diffraction Studies of Lithium Battery Materials
This proposal seeks to test a new battery designed to allow in situ neutron diffraction measurements of lithium ion battery electrodes under charge and discharge. We have... -
Correlation of composition, structure and superconductivity in electron-doped...
The purpose of this experiment is to gather structural data on the electron-doped derivatives of LiFeAs obtained by substituting some Fe by Co or Ni. In particular these data... -
Structures and compositions of Li-conducting framework materials with low sym...
Re-chargeable Li ion batteries play a key role in modern consumer electronics and may have an important part to play as energy storage devices in a low carbon economy of the... -
Lithium amide: calcium hydride (1:1) as the basis for a new hydrogen storage ...
A definitive structural model of LiCaN from powder neutron diffraction (PND) is an important first step towards a systematic study of the process and mechanism of hydrogenation... -
Multinuclear Radiofrequency Decoupling in Lithium Hydroxide
This proposal seeks to develop the technique of multinuclear RF decoupling and apply it to the study of lithium ion mobility in Lithium Hydroxide. Key to the understanding of... -
Structures and Chemistry of new layered oxychalcogenides
We propose to use POLARIS to obtain detailed structural information on a series of new lithium-containing layered oxychalcogenides and to investigate the ordering of lithium... -
Potassium Vanadates: Potential Electrode Materials for Lithium Batteries
A high-resolution powder neutron diffraction study of the potassium bronzes KV5O13 and K2V8O21 is proposed. The structure of KV5O13 is unknown, while K2V8O21 is believed to... -
Investigating the ammoniation of light metal hydrides for hydrogen storage ap...
Light-metal hydride and amide systems are currently among the most promising materials for reversible hydrogen storage. In this proposal, we ask for 3 days on POLARIS or GEM to... -
Li-Ammonia Solutions/Solid - The State of the Proton as Probed By Deep Inelas...
Upon the addition of Li to anhydrous ammonia, the famous Li-Ammonia solutions form through an intriguing metal-insulator transition. These have been studied intensely for many... -
Structures of the superconducting metal/ammonia intercalates of FeSe
We will use POLARIS to determine the structures of the high temperature superconducting intercalates obtained by the reactions between FeSe and deuterated ammonia solutions... -
Structural and Electronic Analysis of Li(NH3)4 and Li(ND3)4
We propose to investigate the detailed spectroscopy of the expanded metal systems 7Li(NH3)4 and 7Li(ND3)4 by inelastic neutron scattering. 7Li(NH3)4 shows multiple phase... -
Test of scintillators for neutron radiography and tomography
The development of neutron radiography and tomography techniques using a portable equipment based on a compact neutron generator and innovative detector system is of great... -
In-situ studies of amides with ammonia
The aim of this proposal is to determine that materials that are present in the ammoniation of amides. -
The pressure response of the new superconductor LiFeAs
We will probe the response of the 18K superconductor LiFeAa to pressures of up to 2 GPa in order to investigate the evolution of the crystal structure. In particular we wish to... -
Nuclear Structures of Lithium Substituted Layered Transition Metal Oxide Cath...
Novel cathode materials for rechargeable batteries have been under intense investigation since high cost and toxicity of current Li-ion batteries. We propose to study the... -
Discrete breathers in the high-temperature vibrational spectra of alkali halides
Inelastic neutron measurements on some selected polycrystalline alkali halides (namely LiBr, LiI, NaBr, NaI), where the mass difference between anions and cations is large, are...